They send tweets constantly, many of them just retweets. They connive with other users to send the same exact tweets at the same. Exact. Time. They...
Posted 02.03.2012
People may experience strong urges for sex and sleep over the course of the day, but the urge to check Twitter and other social media sites is actuall...
The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 12.21.2011
It's been a bummer of a year--and now we've got the science to show it. Happiness levels are on the decline, according to a University of Vermont s...
Danny Groner | Posted 12.04.2011
Cornell University researchers studied 500 million Tweets sent over the span of two years. The study did get attention for its use of social media to help us understand ourselves better. Here is how five different national publications chose to cover this study in their pages.
The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.28.2011
See update below Cornell University and Yahoo! Research have released a ten-page research report that offers insight into how content is being crea...
Posted 05.25.2011
Note to colleges: Students may be keyed into the latest technology, but they're not looking for you on Twitter. A new study reveals that despite coll...
Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011
A new report by Edison Research on Twitter usage in the United States indicates that although awareness of Twitter has skyrocketed since 2008, only a...
Posted 05.25.2011
What do Twitter users talk about in their 140 characters? Themselves, new research from Rutgers University shows. A study of 3000 Tweets from 350 use...
washingtonpost.com | Daniel De Vise | Posted 05.25.2011
Researchers from the University of Maryland who plodded through more than 6,000 Twitter postings by members of Congress have found-- surprise! -- that...
The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 06.03.2012